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RIP Don LaFontaine. Discipline, commitment, excellence. If I had a choice to be known as the American President or unknown as the movie voice of God Himself “in a world where both of our cars are underwater”, I know who I’d want to be.
GEICO Commercial
5 Voiceover guys in a limo

Interesting article on theRoot.com about “From Piyush to Bobby,” as a look at Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, and what Indian-Americans (Asian Americans overall) are struggling with their identity and getting their place on the table of American politics. Just in time for the Republican National Convention and Hurricane Gustav! (ok, sure, no [...]

Hurricane Gustav wasn’t as bad as feared; but a storm’s no fun.
Spent Labor Day weekend in Washington, D.C. with the siblings - We saw a Nationals v. Braves game on Saturday night; otherwise much sightseeing. Weather was nice and the sights were amazing.
Saturday: lunch at Fuddruckers in Alexandria, VA - quite [...]

McCain’s pick for Vice president left me a bit puzzled; I mean, all very nice that you picked a woman (and a governor), but the political positions involved leave me uncomfortable and Governor Palin’s experience level left me a little underwhelmed. John Dickerson of Slate summed up with a “Huh?” in his headline; yes, [...]

As four years previously: we jump from the Olympics to the conventions. I still had some Olympics withdrawal. Oh well.
Wrap up of the Olympics:
The NY Times’ slide show on the reaction of Chinese-Americans in Flushing to the Olympics.
So the US’ NBA guys won the gold (with Duke University’s Coach K), [...]